Lesson for BNP and Jamaat
The BNP and the Jamaat must have learnt the lesson of history and should objectively review their failure and open up the door for reform. It is time for the Jammat to turn into a democratic minded part, rather than a religion driven ideology based party. The people have spoken against their exploitation of religion. Compared to the Jamaat, the BNP has a harder task to initiate reform in the party. Their dependency on the Jamaat is one of the major causes of their landslide defeat. The BNP will have to consider seriously their political ideology which has gradually turned them against the foundation of a democratic Bangladesh and introduced a big ideological difference with the creation of Bangladesh. This has made the BNP and the Jamaat a divider of the nation-- a bad political strategy followed by these alliance which made Bangladesh an almost failed state. The people have spoken and now accept the verdict gracefully and make self assessment of failure and put all energies to bring reform in the party to survive democratically and not on failed ideology. We hope good sense will prevail and we will see that necessary reform measures will be taken as soon as possible. The Jamaat has a simple task. The people have cut them to size. Now it is time to stand on democratic values, rather than on politics of religion.
The AL has a greater responsibility to respond to people's mandate. Their major tasks, I think, might include the following:
a. Take multi-front programmes to implement the promise to bring down the prices of the essential commodities within the purchasing power of the people. The action plan might include plan for increased food production, food security , a food safety plan for the vulnerable group, effective market regulation in full cooperation with the traders, reasonable subsidy programme for the farm inputs and supply in time. These are among many others that the experts can elaborate.
b. Make the governmental activities fully transparent. Be tolerant to opposition's constructive views and extend full cooperation to the opposition groups.
Those are very first reactions from an outsider and might be consistent with the majority opinion of our voters.
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